Athletic supporter



Sept. 8, 1931.

A. S. CALLAWAY ATHLETIC SUPPORTER Filed Oct. 5, 1929 rrr/ey.,

Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES frPATENT .o1-ferien ALFRED S. CALLAWAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNDR TO THE KENDALL COMPANY, F BOSTON, IASSACI-USETTS, A CORPORATION' 0F MASSACHUSETTS ATHLETIC SU'PPORTER Application filed October 3, 1929. Serial No. 397,005.

This invention relates to improvements in athletic supporters and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

5 The primary object of the invention is to improve the manner of connecting the sack of a supporter of Jthis kind to the waist band thereof in such a manner that the extensibility of the band in the vicinity of the sack shall not be unduly impaired.

Another' object of the invention is to provide a novel manner of connecting the ends of the waist band together' in band form Without the necessity of the usual attaching l5 strip, and to accomplish this object the associated ends of said band are overlapped with a portion of the sack disposed therebetween. The parts are held together by means which do not unduly impair the eX- tensibility of the parts.

These objects of the invention as well as others together with the many advantages thereof will more fully appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of an athletic supporter embodying the preferred form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view through the adjacent parts of the band and sack of the supporter on an enlarged scale, the plane of the section being indicated by the lines 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the assembly of the parts before the iinal stitching together thereof.

Referring now in detail to that embodis ment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the waist band of the supporter and 2*-2 indicate the leg bands associated therewith, both made of an elastic webbing or other suitable material. The Waist band is made from a length of such webbing greater than the normal circumferential length thereof to provide end parts 3 and l adapted to overlap one another. The extremity of each end is cut on the bias in opposite directions and is folded inwardly to form hems 5 5. Said two ends are then brought into overlapping Ated fabric of such character that 'itis eX- tensible and jwill stretch 'both longitudinally and laterally so that itiwill-:act' for its in- .tended purpose. "The bot-tom of the sack is gathered to reduce -itslnormal'wid'thfand it is there suitably secured tothe bot-tom ends of the leg bands -2-2. vThe -top endsofthe leg bands fare suitably securedtoA the waist bandat the sides thereof in the manner well known.

The top end of the sack is turned over upon itself to form a fold 7 and this fold is disposedA upon or against the bottom marginal portion of the end 3 of the waist band as best shown in Fig. 3. The other end 4 is then disposed upon the first mentioned end and above said fold 7 of the sack and the parts are then secured together by a line of elastic stitching 8 of the zigzag or German type. Otherlines of similar stitching 9, l() and 11 respectively are then' employed to secure the folded over ends 3 and t respectively to parts of the waist band as best shown in Fig. l.

Thus as is apparent that part of the waist band at the front thereof is of a double n thickness and the fold at the top of the sack is disposed between the parts providing said double thickness. In this manner no raw or open edges of either waist band or sack' are exposed so that a more neat appearance is produced and the comfort of the wearer is thereby increased. By forming the ends 3 and 4 of the waist band on the bias as described, the liability of injuring the elastic strands of the waist band webbing in stitching them together, is greatly reduced. Again the ravelling of said ends before forming of the folds thereon and subsequent stitching is eliminated.

While in describing my invention I have referred in detail to the form, arrangement and construction of the various parts thereof, the same is to be considered merely as illustrative so that I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be specifically set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention l. An athletic supporter embodying therein an elastic waist band having biased ends disposed in overlapping relation and secured by stitching parallel to said ends and formed to provide a part of a double thickness in said waist band of a greater length at the bottom than at the top of said waist band, and a sack having a folded top margin disposed between said part ot greater -length of said double thickness and secured thereto by an elastic stitch.

2. An athletic supporter embodying therein an elastic waist band having biased ends disposed in overlapping relation and secured by stitching parallel to said ends and formed to provide a part of a double thickness in said waist band of a greater length at the bottom than at the top of said waist band, and a sack having a folded top margin disposed between said part of greater length of said double thickness and secured thereto V so that it is extensible therewith.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 26th day of September, 1929.

A. S. CALLAIVAY. 

